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[headjacked]

Heyyyyyyyy, kiddo, you've reached me. Me who is Rhys. Anyway, not sure why you're trying to get in contact with the king of the dweebs, but I'm sure you've got your reasons. Reasons you should probably re-examine. I'm just sayin'.

Last chance to back out.

No?

Don't say I didn't warn ya.

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[devoutish]

The anomaly that got her? Claire didn't mention.

[headjacked]

Do you want to know? Because I don't know if you want to know, you know??

[devoutish]

[Based on that reply, and based on Watson's experience, he thinks he has a good guess.]

Fucking hell, Rhys, spit it out.

[headjacked]

[ There it is, the cracking of his voice. ]

It was Fiona, okay?? It. Sh -- she even looked at me, when I said her name.

[devoutish]

[Alfie goes quiet for a little while before responding.]

It means something. That other man, Clayton, was killed by the Joker and came back as an anomaly.

Or it might have been a hallucination.

[headjacked]

[ Alfie doesn't sound terribly surprised. Something Rhys might pick up on if it weren't for the new round of shell shock. ]

And that's what we'll all be, won't we? Eventually.

[devoutish]

[Alfie doesn't tell him no. Rhys might very well be right.]

Did she say anything--?

@jwatson; audio; Day 172

[jumpthegun]

Hi, Rhys. I just saw the obits. I wanted to say I'm so sorry about Angel. Are you okay-ish? At least for the moment?

@dickcheese, audio;

[headjacked]

The obits you yourself were on??

[ He's practically spitting, voice jumping from lifeless to pitchy in one breath. ]

[headjacked]

No, she did her best impression of a hideous stretchy flesh-slinky and went boa constrictor on A-Angel.

[ He gets a gross taste in his mouth and grimaces at his own bitter words. ]

[devoutish]

Mm.

If you see her again, tell me.

[jumpthegun]

[Yes, but... let's not focus on that for the moment.]

It happened days ago, Rhys. I'm fine. [Not really, but he'll pretend. He doesn't actually want to freak Rhys out more, but...] I did want to... Alfie told me how it happened for Angel. Me, too. It was Fiona for me, too.

@Spoiler ; voice ; Night 172

[spoileralert]

Hey, Rhys? You okay?

[ Maybe it's obvious why she doesn't turn on the video - she's been crying. Like, a lot. ]

@dickcheese, voice

[headjacked]

[ Voice twins, yep. ]

Ask yourself the same question and you have your answer.

[spoileralert]

I heard what happened. Third hand, from Alfie telling Watson.

[ In fairness, she didn't tell them when Zach died, but it all still just sucks a lot. ]

It's. It's been a while. A couple of days already.

[headjacked]

Yeah. It has.

And she's still not back.

[spoileralert]

If... if...

[ She can't make herself say it. But she's sure he knows what she means, so she just skips over that part. ]

I want to meet up with you again, okay? We should take care of each other.

[mightyratslayer]

Uh...

[What's going on here? Something about this feels off, like Rhys isn't hearing what he's saying or maybe his words aren't coming out right. He doesn't know how to be clearer, and he doesn't think he's asking for all that much, and he doesn't think he's just taking stuff too hard... But maybe he is. He has no idea anymore. All he knows is that his head feels muddy, kind of like when he huffs too much glue before going to sleep.]

Okay. Fine. Whatever, dude. I feel like we're on two totally different pages, but fine.

[Is it fine, though? Charlie's way angrier than he was before this conversation, and now his head's all gummed up and he feels sticky on top of it all. This backfired spectacularly.] How does that solve anything, though?

[headjacked]

I. We should.

I think I kinda miss you.

[spoileralert]

[ She makes a sound somewhere between a laugh and a sniffle. ]

You think? That's nice. I miss you guy-- [ Oh. Angel. ]

I miss you too.

night 174; @guardian; text;

[phaseshifter]

I'm back. Are you and the others alright? How are your injuries

[ look if rhys didn't expect immediate fussage idek what to say ]

Re: night 174; @guardian; text;

[headjacked]

[ Several 'oh my gods' are uttered, several tears are shed, and a robot nephew is grabbed and hugged before he replies.

Thank FRICK. ]

My injuries are whatever but nobody else has died LIKE YOU DID




I didn't mean that in an accusing way just stating the shitty shitty facts
(your death, not the fact everyone else is ok)
(so glad you're okay you're okay right what'd you lose where are you do you have enough food water etc???)

[headjacked]

Where are you at these days?

[phaseshifter]

That isn't an answer wrt your injuries, jackhole. And dude! One fuss subject at a time!!

- I'm physically okayish but mentally kinda freaked out
- I can't lie right now which is the only reason you didn't get "I'm fine" in response to the above (it blows)
- I'm in the morgue in the police station we found that sd card in before
- I have two bottles of water, a few of those crappy granola bar things from the school and three squares of stale chocolate I've been saving for like a month without telling anyone

 

 

I was going to apologise for hiding the chocolate, but I can't. So I guess I'm not *that* sorry. :P ♥

[spoileralert]

The eastern tunnels. It's the one place people seem to be making progress.